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My Chance to Interview SXSW Interactive’s Hugh Forrest

Posted by | Jul 23, 2014

I attended my first South by Southwest Interactive Festival in 2011, and I remember walking away thinking, ‘What just happened?’ It’s one of those experiences that can only be described with a bunch of adjectives: energizing, inspiring, weird, delicious, surprising, fun, exhausting, overwhelming, exciting and I’m sure I’m missing a lot. At the end of the weekend, your brain is so full you can’t make sense of it any other way. But looking back, I know that the people I met and heard speak gave me deep context for the interviews I’ve conducted and stories I’ve written since. So...

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How Triangle Entrepreneurship Week Inspired Forward City

Posted by | Feb 19, 2014

Jon Leonardo was an Elon University junior when he won a summer job in Washington D.C. that changed the direction of his career. Yesterday, the co-founder of Triangle Entrepreneurship Week announced a new brand for his popular events, Forward City, and a plan to hold them in 200 global cities over the next several years. He’s got big name sponsors and directors in 12 U.S. cities already on board to aid the launch. But it was his humble beginnings at Elon, the mentorship of a well-connected D.C.-area entrepreneur and the by-in of the Triangle region that helped Leonardo develop a business...

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